Beam-end protector and anchorage.



J. TUTEUR.

BEAM END PROTECTOR AND ANCHORAGE.

APPLICATION FLLED FEB. 20, 1909.

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BEAIVI-END PROTECTOR AND ANCHORAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed February 20, 1909. Serial No. 479,085.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JULIUS TUTEUR, a citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Cleveland, inthe county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Beam-End Protectors and Anchorages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in beam end protector and anchorage, and has for its object the provision of a wall boxfor receiving wooden beams, which shall be simple, cheap and easily constructed. In a member of this character, it is desirable that the Wall, particularly if of brick, shall have.

the weight distributed over a considerable area, While the surrounding portions should be sufficiently spaced from the end of the beam, to prevent dry rot. Moreover, as the device is not subjected to severe structural strains, any legitimate cheapening of the cost of manufacture, is highly desirable.

Accordingly, I have so constructed a protector of this class, that it may be formed from a single sheet metal blank, if desired, and moreover, the expense of riveting the parts in place, including the anchorage member, may be entirely dispensed with in certain embodiments of my invention. Several types thereof are herein explained and illustrated in the drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of one of said devices, formed from an integral sheet metal blank, wherein is positioned the supported beam end. Fig. II illustrates the blank from which said protector is formed. Fig. III is a plan view of the device, having dowel-pins inserted in the floor for anchorage members, and somewhat widely extended ends for further distributing the strain throughout a wall of soft brick construction. Fig. IV is a perspective view of a further modified construction, wherein the side pieces are riveted to the base, and a separate anchorage member is employed. Fig. V is a plan view of the same, employing instead an integral anchorage member I); and Fig. VI. is a front view of the device of- Fig'III.

Throughout the several figures of the drawing, I have employed the same char actors of reference to indicate similar parts.

Referring to the blank a, Fig. II, it will be seen that it is so laid out that by making a minimum of cuts and folds, an integral protector results. This comprises the floor or base 5, from which a lip b is cut and bent at right angles to form the anchorage member. The rear wall 0, and side wings c, are also initially bent at right angles, while the retaining flanges 0 are bent at right angles with the wings to bear upon the extended base .72 when the wings are for-' wardly sprung or bent to extend at acute angles with the rear wall to afford free circulation about the inserted beam end, as indicated, in Figs. I and III. The extremities of the base Z2 are then bent up over the flanges 0 and serve firmly to clamp or retain them in place,thus forming an integral protector in the simplest and cheapest manner possible, from sheet metal of any suitable gage and in the size desired. The flanges, however, may be riveted in some of the heavier types, as shown at 6 Fig. III, and dowel-pins Z), may be inserted in the floor or base of the protector, in lieu of the integral anchorage member provided in the construction. above explained. Otherwise, the device of Fig. III conforms to that of the preceding figures.

In Fig. IV, the integral construction is adhered to, except as to the provision of an angle iron 6', which riveted to the floor or base, serves to give some additional strength thereto, and the flanges upon the side wings, moreover, are exteriorly riveted to the extended ends of the base. It will be understood, however, that the variable features embodying other types of anchorage member, or overlapped and self-retaining ends, either riveted or unriveted, are employed interchangeably in practising my invention, which involves the use of an integral blank for forming all, or the major portion of the beam end protector and anchor, substantially as I have herein described. 7

This device can be made with a minimum expenditure, both as to the cost of labor and metal employed, and by properly shaping the beam-end, as shown in Fig. I, the selfreleasing feature is readily obtained.

It will be appreciated that the gage of metal need be made only as heavy as is actually required for each particular size, or the special location of the protector, while the distribution'of theload may be varied as well, merely by extending the base.

Having now explained the preferred embodiment of my invention, I claim as new,

I and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the

following 1; An integral beam-end protector, shaped from a sheet metal blank and comprising a base portion, and substantially vertical rear and side Walls, forming therewith a receptacle opening from the top and front, bottom flanges provided'upo'n the side Walls, and overlapping ends upon the base portion, bent up to inclose and retain the flanges and'side Wallsin position, substanportion Within 2 bent up to inclose and retain the flanges and side Walls in position, substantially as set forth.

3. A beam-end protector and anchorage shaped from an integral sheet metal blank, comprising a base portion, a rear Wall bent vertically therefrom, and side Wings forwardly extending at acute angles to inclose the beam-end; the terminals of the base portion being bent up and around the bottom portions of said side Wings in order to retain the side Wings in position, and an anchorage member integrally shaped from the base portion of the receptacle thus formed, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Cleveland, Ohio, this 12th day of Feby 1909, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' JULIUS TUTEUR Witnesses:

A. TUTEUR, ALBERT LYNN LAWRENCE.

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